ABSTRACT
The Constitution of UNESCO, adopted on 4 November 1946 in the immediate aftermath of World War II as a means to realize its fundamental purpose of contributing to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations. It states the importance of the ‘free flow of ideas by word and image’ (2-[a]), of ‘conserving and protecting works of art’ (2[c]), and of the ‘exchange of persons, artistic and scientific objects’.
